SDCC 14: Trailer for True Blood's Final Five Episodes

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Everything has come full circle.

By Matt Fowler

The cast of HBO's True Blood (everyone except star Alexander Skarsgard really) appeared at Comic-Con today to bid farewell to their fans. With the show ending in a few weeks, this was their last Con - a fact that brought actress Kristin Bauer van Straten (Pam) to tears on several occasions.

At the end of the panel, and after many cast members shared their fondest True Blood memories, the fans were treated to a trailer for the final five series episodes. Check it out...

Sookie's out to find Bill a cure for his Hep V, Sarah Newlin mentions the word "antidote," Tara appears again to Lettie Mae, Violet takes revenge on Jason, and - hey! - Hoyt's back in town. Also, Arlene gets with Vampire Keith, and Bill says the line "I want to set her free."

So can fans now look forward to Bill and Sookie reuniting romantically with one another before the end of the series? "Look, this is obviously a television show," said executive producer Brian Buckner at the big Q&A panel, "and it's a television show that worked at first, and was a hit, because the two of them [Bill and Sookie] have amazing chemistry. The show works because of them. The actors even got married in real life because of the show. So, yes we are returning to Bill and Sookie, but we're just not saying how."

Buckner went on to explain the reason for the increase of Bill flashbacks for this final season. "We had a character who we turned into a vampire god and he wasn't all that nice as a vampire god, so the thinking here, with the flashbacks, was as Bill tries to find his way back to himself we use flashbacks to his human life to give him a bit of help."